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Thursday, January 1, 2015

New Years Eve With As In We

This is the kind of band that will have you moshing one minute and the next minute have you statue-still with your eyes closed. The music isn't exactly heavy, but it's not exactly happy either. The bittersweet compositions are a Pandora's box, with optimistic melodies belying percussive chaos. Although they are instrumental, As In We has an very bitter, aggressive, but introspective sound.

After what felt like eons of being without a favorite band, a triumphant return was well-timed for New Years Eve/Day. The venue was packed with fans, headbanging, moshing, dancing, or just plain mesmerized by the music. This was a perfect way to end one year and begin the next.

It is quite possible that this is the last As In We show we'll see for a while (or ever.) Just in case, make sure to check out their music on Bandcamp, Reverbnation, Last.Fm, or their own website.

I have to say, this performance was excellent. Five stars out of five.

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Undead Goathead is a website - nay, a mere blog - expounding on the woes of a young Metalhead stranded in the middle of the freaking desert. The title is derived from the Goathead thorn, native to New Mexico, which is even more spiky and evil after it is dry and dead. The local colloquialism for such a thorn is Undead Goathead. The non-native, however, just thinks it sounds like a zombie pentagram, which is totally Metal.

Although the primary focus is on the music itself, skateboarding is a favorite tangent. The psychological aspects of mosh pits are also a frequent fall-back. For the most part, however, the site is plastered with reviews and flyers of underground bands, venues, and concerts.

In a nutshell, I'm just a hesher trying to give the underground talent the mad props that they deserve.